====Conduct orders====
Under section 222 of the ''[[Family Law Act]]'', the court may make a ''conduct order'' to:
#*encourage settlement of the family law dispute;,#*manage aspects of a party’s behaviour that are preventing a family law dispute from settling; and,#*prevent misuse of the court process.
Conduct orders include orders:
#*that the parties participate in a family dispute resolution process;,#*that one or more of the parties, or a child, attend counselling;,#*restricting communication between the parties; and,#*that a party continue to pay for debts and services related to the family home, like paying the mortgage or paying the gas <span class="noglossary"> bill</span>.
In serious cases, conduct orders restricting communication can also be made as protection orders.
====Case management orders====